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About the Role
Heights Capital Management Asia (HCM), a dynamic investment team within Susquehanna, seeks an Investment Executive for its Tokyo office. This role offers the opportunity to make an impact within a nimble team backed by substantial capital, prioritizing results and autonomy. The Investments Team's core responsibility is to source and execute direct investment opportunities while upholding HCM's reputation.
Responsibilities
- Proactively leverage and expand professional network to support deal sourcing, facilitate introductions, and gather market intelligence.
- Monitor capital market activity regionally, with a focus on Japan.
- Screen for and maintain a pipeline of potential investment candidates.
- Design and deliver marketing and educational materials to senior executives.
- Build trustful relationships with counterparties including company executives, bankers, and advisors.
- Evaluate potential investments by analyzing business and market factors.
- Assist the team on negotiation and execution, reviewing commercial language in deal documentation.
- Guide parties through Third Party Allotment processes, ensuring professional standards in transaction announcements.
- Monitor post-investment developments to support portfolio companies and inform position management.
- Effectively manage resources, prioritizing high-impact activities and delegating appropriately.
Requirements
- Bilingual Japanese and English.
- 5+ years of experience in investment banking, hedge funds, or related roles.
- Bloomberg, Excel, and PowerPoint capabilities.
- Ability to carefully read and interpret financial statements and legal documents.
- Competence in data analysis.
- Proven track record in advising on deal sourcing, negotiation, and execution while building a strong brand.
- Direct experience with private placements, equity/equity-linked securities is useful.
- Experience in, or demonstrated interest in technology, biotech, and/or another high-growth industry is preferred.
- Pragmatic and flexible attitude, able to navigate sensitive dynamics and exhibit confidence and maturity.
- Ability to thrive in a flat-hierarchical, entrepreneurial, hands-on, multi-cultural firm.
- Intellectual curiosity driving innovative problem-solving and continuous learning.
- Ability to communicate complex financial ideas persuasively, clearly, logically, and across languages.
- Comfortable handling disputes to protect HCM.
- Balanced confidence and humility, with openness to feedback and constructive debate.
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on discipline, professionalism, and effective time management.
Skills
- Investment banking
- Hedge funds
- Bloomberg
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Financial statement analysis
- Legal document interpretation
- Data analysis
- Deal sourcing
- Negotiation
- Execution
- Brand building
- Private placements
- Equity/equity-linked securities
- Technology industry knowledge
- Biotech industry knowledge
- High-growth industry knowledge
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Capital markets
- Time management
Location
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years
About the Company
- HCM is an affiliate of Susquehanna, one of the world's largest privately held financial service firms.
- Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking.
- The firm's culture incorporates a relentless problem-solving approach across Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research.
- Employees collaborate globally to make optimal decisions and achieve winning results.
Equal Opportunity
- We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.